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Getting Started

Lots of cd player applications are able to display title and track information while playing a cd. This is made possible by connecting a cd database server with this information via the internet each time a new cd is inserted. There are several such database server - commercial and non-commercial.

JeFCo is a helper application that sits between the cd player application and the database server. This decouples these applications and brings you many advantages:

  • You need not to be connected to the internet at the moment a new cd is inserted. The title and track information is fetched later by JeFCo. This gives you the independence to connect the database server the time you like.
  • The cd information is not requested one by one. You can store the number of cd information requests you like and collect them all at once. That reduces your online times and costs.
  • The cd information is stored player independent. If you change your player application (or even your operating system) all of your collected cd information is still available on your computer.
  • You can store, transfer and exchange your collected disc information and information requests. This also gives you the possibility to get the requested information from a different computer than the computer with the cd player.
  • Most player applications use a fixed database server. If you don't like this server - because it is commercial or has only a small database - you can tell JeFCo to use the server of your choice. You may even use a list of servers to benefit from a bigger data repository.
  • There is a huge free database with cd information available for download at freedb.org. JeFCo enables you to use this database offline even if your player is only capable of receiving cd information online.

    • Help Index

    1. This Version
      1. Version Number
      2. Requirements
      3. Installation
      4. What Comes Next
      5. Development
      6. Version History
    2. How To
      1. Situation where you need JeFCo
        1. You are less than 24 hours a day connected to the internet
        2. The computer with your CD player is not connected to the internet at all
        3. You use more than one player program
        4. You use more than one operating system
        5. Your friend has a big collection of CD information but you have not
        6. Your favorite CD player application insists in using a database server server that you don't like
        7. You have the freedb data local but your player insists in connecting a database server online
        8. Your have downloaded the freedb data but no room on your harddisk to store it uncompressed
        9. Your cd in not in any database or the database information is wrong
        10. Your computer has no direct connection to the internet but to another one that has
      2. How it Works
      3. CD Player Application Setup
      4. Additional Features
    3. JeFCo Program Windows
      1. Main Window
      2. Taskbar
      3. Database Window
      4. Disc Window
      5. Logging Window
    4. JeFCo Menu
      1. Database
        1.  Load
        2.  Save
        3.  Save To...
        4.  Import from freedb File(s)...
        5.  Export to freedb File(s)...
        6. Export to Text File...
        7.  Exit
      2. Disc
        1.  Edit
        2.  Delete
        3.  Request All
        4. Request All From
        5. Request Selected
        6. Request Selected From
        7.  Submit Disc
        8. Submit Disc To
        9.  Get Disc
      3. Configuration
        1.  Preferences
        2.  Rearrange Windows
        3.  Look&Feel
        4.  Log to file
        5.  Loglevel
      4. Help
        1.  Contents
        2.  Player Setup
        3.  Jesterware on the Web
        4.  Version Check
        5.  About
    5. Edit Disc
      1. Disc Title
      2. DISC ID
      3. Extended Data
      4. Category
      5. Genre
      6. Release Year
      7. Tracks
    6. JeFCo Setup
      1. General Settings
        1. Your e-mail address
        2. Your SMTP server
        3. Database Storage Directory
        4. Logfile
        5. Browser
        6. freedb ID helper
        7. Enable JeFCo Version Autocheck
        8. Minimum Autocheck Interval
        9. New Version found Action
      2. Connectivity
        1. Listen for HTTP Requests
        2. Listen for CDDBP Requests
        3. HTTP Proxy Settings
          1. Use Proxy to connect to the internet
          2. Proxy Host
          3. Proxy Port
      3. Database Server
        1. Refresh Serverlist
        2. Edit Server
        3. Add Server
        4. Delete Server
    7. Configure Database Server
      1. Description
      2. Permanent available
      3. Server Type
      4. HTTP Server
        1. URL
        2. Protocol Level
        3. Supports CD Submit
        4. Submit URL
        5. Submit with Testflag set
        6. Latitude
        7. Longitude
      5. CDDBP Server
        1. Site
        2. Port
        3. Protocol Level
        4. Supports CD Submit
        5. Submit to e-mail
        6. Latitude
        7. Longitude
      6. Directory Server
        1. Database Directory
      7. Windows Directory Server
        1. Windows Database Directory
      8. Zipfile Server
        1. Database File
      9. Windows Zipfile Server
        1. Windows Database File